BAFTA Games Awards 2022 Nominees & Winners

Celebrating the games of 2021, we have the BAFTA Games Awards 2022! We have listed the categories as well as the nominees and winners.

By    Daniel  |  Veena

BAFTA GAMES AWARDS 2022 WINNERS

The recently concluded BAFTA Games Awards 2022 celebrates the best of the video game industry in 2021.

The awards included are the Best Game, British Game, and Debut Game among others.

2022 BAFTA Games Awards Nominees and Winners:

BEST GAME:

Winner:

• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Runners Up:

• DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• INSCRYPTION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT:

Winner:

• THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive

Runners Up:

• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom
• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

ANIMATION:

Winner:

• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Runners Up:

• CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
• KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS Hunter Schmidt – Ember Lab LLC/ Ember Lab LLC
• LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT:

Winner:

• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Runners Up:

• THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
• CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
• DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
• HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
• MARVEL’S GUARDIAN’S OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix

BRITISH GAME:

Winner:

• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios

Runners Up:

• ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
• DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
• FIGHTS IN TIGHT SPACES Development Team – Ground Shatter/Mode7
• OVERBOARD! Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Anastasia Wyatt – inkle/ inkle
• SABLE Development Team – Shedworks/Raw Fury

DEBUT GAME:

Winner:

• TOEM Development Team – Something We Made/ Something We Made

Runners Up:

• THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
• EASTWARD Development Team – Pixpil/Chucklefish
• THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
• GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller
• MAQUETTE Development Team – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive

EVOLVING GAME:

Winner:

• NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games

Runners Up:

• AMONG US Development Team – Innersloth/Innersloth
• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• APEX LEGENDS Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• DISCO ELYSIUM – THE FINAL CUT Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
• FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly

FAMILY:

Winner:

• CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Development Team – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI

Runners Up:

• ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT:

Winner:

• BEFORE YOUR EYES Development Team – GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games

Runners Up:

• ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
• CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE- Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
• GAME BUILDER GARAGE Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• IT TAKES TWO Development Team -Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team -Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

GAME DESIGN:

Winner:

• INSCRYPTION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital

Runners Up:

• DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

MULTIPLAYER:

Winner:

• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

Runners Up:

• BACK 4 BLOOD Development Team – Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
• CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
• HELL LET LOOSE Development Team – Black Matter/Team17

MUSIC:

Winner:

• RETURNAL Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Runners Up:

• DEATHLOOP Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
• FAR CRY 6 Development Team – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft
• HALO INFINITE Gareth Coker, Joel Corelitz and Curtis Schweitzer – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Peter McConnell – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh – Insomniac Games/ Sony Interactive Entertainment

NARRATIVE:

Winner:

• UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games

Runners Up:

• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
• LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
• MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

ORIGINAL PROPERTY:

Winner:

• IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

Runners Up:

• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
• DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
• DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
• INSCRYPTION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE:

Winner:

• JANE PERRY as Selene Vassos in Returnal

Runners Up:

• OZIOMA AKAGHA as Julianna Blake in DEATHLOOP
• JASON E KELLEY as Colt Vahn “the Captain” in DEATHLOOP
• JENNIFER HALE as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• JON MCLAREN as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy 
• ERIKA MORI as Alex Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:

Winner:

• KIMBERLY BROOKS as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2

Runners Up:

• JASON CAVALIER as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• MAGGIE ROBERTSON as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village 
• HAN SOTO as Gabe Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
• ALEX WEINER as Rocket in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• LAURA BAILEY as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT:

Winner:

• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Runners Up:

• RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Devleopment Team – Capcom/Capcom
• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• HITMAN 3 Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

EE GAME OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC VOTE):

Winner:

• RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Runners Up:

• RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Devleopment Team – Capcom/Capcom
• RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• HITMAN 3 Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
• PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

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